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5 days ago · Sierra Leone's current territorial configuration was established by the British Empire through two historical phases: initially, the coastal Sierra Leone Colony was founded in 1808 to resettle returning Africans following the abolition of the slave trade; subsequently, the inland Protectorate was created in 1896 in the wake of the Berlin ...
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May 11, 2024 · Sierra Leone, country of western Africa. The country owes its name to the 15th-century Portuguese explorer Pedro de Sintra, the first European to sight and map Freetown harbour. The original Portuguese name, Serra Lyoa (“Lion Mountains”), referred to the range of hills that surrounds the harbour.
5 days ago · British rule and control of the colonial economy continued until the post-World War II period, when educated Africans across the continent sought to attain their independence. Sierra Leone’s educated elite organized, albeit along ethno-regional lines, to demand independence, which was granted in 1961. The post-independence experiment in ...
May 13, 2024 · Joseph Cinqué (born c. 1814, Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate—died ?) was an enslaved African who led a revolt on the Amistad coastal slave ship in 1839. He was later taken into custody in the United States but was freed by a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court .
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1 day ago · Protectorates are one of the oldest features of international relations, dating back to the Roman Empire. Civitates foederatae were cities that were subordinate to Rome for their foreign relations. In the Middle Ages, Andorra was a protectorate of France and Spain. Modern protectorate concepts were devised in the nineteenth century.
5 days ago · Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate: 1787–1808 Freed slave colony organised by Sierra Leone Company: 1808–1821 Crown colony 1821–1850 Part of British West African Settlements: 1850–1866 Crown colony 1866–1888 Part of British West African Settlements 1888–1895 Colony 1896–1961 Colony and protectorate 1961 Independence South Africa ...
1 day ago · Chapter five, ‘Slave trade interventionism’, launches from the successes of 1838, the abolition of apprenticeships in the West Indies for the British anti-slavery movement and the ratification of a new constitution and unification of most state colonies in Liberia.
